I don't want to be tracked and traced !

PennyForThem_2

Rosa_Damascena said:

diystarter7 said:

We only used cash for fish n chips and the like or when at the seaside. However, since Covid, we feel like the Royal family, is cashless. TBH, I keep about 20 quid in change for parking as I'm not great with mobile phones/etc. but that is about it.

The newer notes not bad but it makes me cringe when touching money/notes when I recall people at work, public toilets having a number two and not washing their hands never mind a number one. Then I see people with their finger up their nostrils and wipe on their clothing or, (sorry about this) a few months back as I drove in nose to tail traffic a man put his thing on one nostril, blew out a massive greenie and then shook his hand to clean it and then spat on the ground - these are the same people that handle the money we could touch or the door handles at shops/etc.

I did not feel as disgusted before Covid re touching money etc but I guess Covid and  most of us semi-forced into contactless transactions etc has driven me over the edge.

People are just disgusting, aren't they?

lol 
How do you think the human race has survived so long?  Taken as a mass (not individuals) it builds up immunity from birthing down the mother's cervix, to sucking in itsfirst milk, to tasting everyting as a toddler including soil, carpet fluff, much used toys at nursery, to going to school (colds, coughs and sneezes, pox, measles etc).  If you are vaccinated, and haven't a disease that compromises your immune system, where is the problem in touching anything?

Oh, wait a minute, monkeypox........whoops. Skin or bedding contact .......

Brie

Is there any supermarket that doesn't have some sort of loyalty card?  I seem to be pushed to have an app almost every where.  I've got Tesco, Nectar, M&S, Waitrose points accruing and the only thing that can mess up their metrics is if I get to scan my card for someone else's shopping.  

As for those of you who think actual money is icky because of people's filthy fingers I'd just say that it's lucky you didn't work in the same tourist centre cash room as I did years ago.  I was ok but one of my colleagues decided to roll around the floor with the money one night.  Not pretty at all.

PennyForThem_2

Brie said:

Is there any supermarket that doesn't have some sort of loyalty card?  I seem to be pushed to have an app almost every where.  I've got Tesco, Nectar, M&S, Waitrose points accruing and the only thing that can mess up their metrics is if I get to scan my card for someone else's shopping.  

As for those of you who think actual money is icky because of people's filthy fingers I'd just say that it's lucky you didn't work in the same tourist centre cash room as I did years ago.  I was ok but one of my colleagues decided to roll around the floor with the money one night.  Not pretty at all.

Embrace them all!  Benefits galore!

ZeroSum

Charlie90210 said:

How can I Walk into supermarkets and buy shopping anonymously when cash becomes extinct?

I don't want to use my bank card and be tracked and traced.

What is wrong with these silly daft sheep humans? , they all love being tracked and traced by using their card.

Yes ! I know we can't beat the big brother surveillance, but why make it easy!

And before anyone says that I'm give out my location on here, I use VPN and a pay as you go phone 

This is MSE. Paying by cash is more expensive. I want the cheapest possible, so I don't mind who knows that I'm buying some milk in Sainsbury’s if I get it a few pence cheaper 

Rosa_Damascena

ZeroSum said:

Charlie90210 said:

How can I Walk into supermarkets and buy shopping anonymously when cash becomes extinct?

I don't want to use my bank card and be tracked and traced.

What is wrong with these silly daft sheep humans? , they all love being tracked and traced by using their card.

Yes ! I know we can't beat the big brother surveillance, but why make it easy!

And before anyone says that I'm give out my location on here, I use VPN and a pay as you go phone 

This is MSE. Paying by cash is more expensive. I want the cheapest possible, so I don't mind who knows that I'm buying some milk in Sainsbury’s if I get it a few pence cheaper 

Unlike the OP, people clearly don't understand they are trading their souls in the process

Maskface

Presumably your cash won't be growing on trees. You'll still be withdrawing it from a bank or a cash point you can be traced as having used.

Spies

Still boggles the mind that people actually give this a second thought, your life must be pretty empty if the idea of a supermarket knowing what type of cheese you buy is keeping you awake at night. 

JetpackVelociraptor

You can pay via cash, but you can't stop yourself appearing on CCTV in the process - the UK has one of the highest levels of CCTV and surveillance in the world. Every supermarket has cameras, so you'd need to avoid them and their car parks in order to avoid appearing on anyone's records.

A market or local grocers might work, but even there you may find cameras and of course if you're a regular people will recognise you. If you're the only person paying in cash you'll make yourself memorable as well.

Bitcoin and crypto are a lousy solution, destructive to the environment, not accepted by many retailers and buying them makes you look suspicious to "normal" financial institutions like your bank. Plus if you buy online you still have to provide your delivery address even if your payment is untraceable.

I hope you don't have a smartphone OP, because if you do this entire conversation is moot. Either Google or Apple, plus likely Facebook, Amazon etc know exactly who you are, where you've been, what you've been talking about and what you've been buying.

Oh, and for those concerned about germs - scientific research has proven that picking your nose and eating it helps your immune system to be more effective. Jury is still out on licking your hands after handling cash, but if you eat your chips with your fingers that's more or less what you're doing. Best not to think about it too much, and wash your hands when you can.

sheramber

My grandmother used to say 'you'll eat a pickle dirt before you die."

Admiral_Barbarossa

I hear Tesco sells tin hats at discount to Clubcard holders!